MEG – 07
INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE
ASSIGNMENT 2024-25
(Based on blocks 1-8)
 
Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
 
1. Write short notes on:
a. Basic Elements of a short story.
b. Narrative techniques employed by Mulk Raj Anand in his novel UNTOUCHABLE.
c. Concept of myth and symbolisin as integral parts of Raja Rao’s fictional art in Kanthapura.
d. The Political Dimensions of Clear Light of Day.
2. Discuss Midnight’s Children as postcolonial novel.
3. Do you agree with the view that all Dattani characters speak the same homogenised convent English? Discuss Dattani’s use of English in Tara.
4. Attempt a critical analysis of the poem ‘Bride of Fire’ by Sri Aurobindo commenting on the issues in Sri Aurobindo’s poetry. 
5. Comment on ‘The Women in Kanthapura.’